Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

War does not determine who is right - only who is left